Child Development 17 Music and Movement ‘Wednesday April 5,2000 Group Activity Plan Participants: Marisol Farias, Aracely (Chelly) Ramirez, Raul Gutierrez. ‘Theme: Days of the Week, Activity: "Monday Through Sunday With The Angels" (By Chelly) Curriculum Area: Music and Movement~ Rfiythm Instruments Objectives: As a result of this activity, children will develop; © A sense of self in a group. © Auditory discrimination. © Listening skill. © Enhance memory skills {remembering the days of the week). . + Develop an appreciation for music. Have fun! Size of group: 5 children. Age of children: 4 - 6 years old. Materials needed: Riythm instruments © Bells, rhythm sticks, triangle, maracas, and drums. © Laminated wings (different colors). © Basket for instruments. © Book," Busy Monday Morning" by Janina Domanska. Advanced Preparation: © Make instruments and laminate wings. © Learn song "Monday through Sunday with the Angels" © Have instruments in order of which they will be presented. © Practice telling the “Busy Monday Morning Story”. Procedr : Invite children to join you in circle time. ‘Welcome children to circle time. Let children know a fittle about what you'll be talking about. Ask questions {what day is it today? How many days are there in a week? Can everyone name the days of the week?)© Goover te days of the week together. Read a Gook about the days of the week {"Busy Monday Morning" by Jamina Domanska}. © Ask.them questions as you read the book {what day do you think is coming up next?). © After you are done with the book, tell the children that you are going to learn a song about the days of the week with the help of some angels and instruments. © Hand out instruments and wings with halo to children, Tell them it's oRay to play with the instruments. © When each child has their instruments and their wings on, ask them to place their instruments in front of them. © xplain to the children the order of the instruments. (i.e. If you are Monday ring your bell etc.) © Go over the song with them once then sing together again. © After you have sung the song, thank the children for their participation. Transition Activity: © Ask each child to place thei collecting them. © Tell the children "when I let you go back to your seats you can write a story or draw a picture about the days of the week’. © Ask,"who ever has blue wings on please hand them quietly to me and fly back. to your seats". And'so on. © When the children are in their seats thank them for being so great. Related Activities: Literature~ ‘The Days of the Week?” By Mindel and Henry Sitomer. Math ~ Count the days of the week, Count the days you go to school, Music Sounds~ "Everyday" found in the Scooby Dooby Doo Soundtrack, Creative Art~ Ask children to draw a picture of what they think each day looks ike (i.e. Sunday could be a picture of a sun and Monday could be a picture of a moon.} reative Language~ Ask each child to write a story about their favorite day of the week, Or a story on their theory of why we call days the names we do. (Why do you think we call today Wednesday?) instruments in the basket as you come aroundwt Monday Through Sunday With the A. ngels Every day of the week all the angels like to sing, and they laugh and they play and they scream "Yipee, Hooray!” On Monday an angel played the bells EL Sding 7x) On Tuesday an angel played the rhythm sticks MX click 7x) On Wednesday an angel played the triangle (Xeaing 723 On Thursday an angel played the maracas (@ehaca 7x] On Friday an angel played the drums @bparampampanpampampampampampampan} On Saturday and Sunday all the angels played together (Play all instruments} Every day of the week all the angels like to sing, and they laugh and play cet fiey scream “Yipee, Hooray!”